US 11,989,333 B2
Method and apparatus for managing identification of a virtual machine and a host within a virtual domain
Srinandan Hullahalli, Frisco, TX (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Aug. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/395,066.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048343 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/73 (2013.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/73 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/6281 (2013.01); G06F 21/64 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
detecting, by a processing system including a processor, a request to add a virtual machine to a first physical host processing system;
discovering, by the processing system, a first prescribed universally unique identifier (UUID) of the first physical host processing system;
generating, by the processing system, a virtual machine reference value;
obfuscating, by the processing system, the first prescribed UUID of the first physical host processing system to obtain a first obfuscated UUID;
generating, by the processing system, a first modified UUID of the virtual machine comprising the first prescribed UUID of the first physical host processing system and the virtual machine reference value; and
assigning, by the processing system, the first modified UUID to the virtual machine, the first physical host processing system being identifiable via the first modified UUID of the virtual machine, wherein the generating of the first modified UUID of the virtual machine comprises combining the first obfuscated UUID of the first physical host processing system and the virtual machine reference value, the first physical host processing system identifiable via de-obfuscation of the first obfuscated UUID of the first modified UUID of the virtual machine.